病友
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Chinese[edit]
ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect |
friend | ||
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simp. and trad. (病友) |
病 | 友 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
病友
- wardmate; friend made while staying at a hospital; (in general) fellow disease patient; person with whom one shares a medical condition
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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病 | 友 |
びょう Grade: 3 |
ゆう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Sinitic compound of 病 (byō, “sick”) + 友 (yū, “friend”). Compare Mandarin 病友 (bìngyǒu, “wardmate; a friend made in hospital”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a sick friend, a friend who is ill
- different people who have the same disease (not necessarily friends)
References[edit]
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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